Loved the video, Christopher Walken!

Excited to see what the new geometry will be like.

Also, early days but picked up an onza payoff recently and loving it. Not that long, not that slack. Thought it was worth a punt and it is simply great fun.

Surly karate monkey. Just a great bike and so much more than the cheap winter bike I expected.

Also like Guy’s reviews. He’s a big bike fan, don’t care if he writes it in a superlatives.

That said, the comment above about reviewers detailing their riding capabilities first before a review so we can assess them did give me a good laugh whilst stressed at work. That would be hilarious. How you judge that would lead to a million more threads to keep STW alive until the next century.

Poah that was a great recovery!

Woodbury for a bit this morning. Really dry in most places

Woodbury today was so dry. So much fun

Triple b is non boost. Would put me off

Cokie what colour stooge. So tempted

^^ what Jim says

Skinwalls for the plug. Wondering if They are going to be as good as they sound (on one Jack Brown mile muncher at £17.99 each)

Whyte is definately a great ride. Universally brilliant reviews.

P7 looks amazing but is a weighty beast, see MBUK long termer this month said it’s quite dull because of it.

East Devon is still a bog

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Haldon was busier then I’ve ever seen it with all the shared paths full with walkers who didn’t seem to realise it was used by cyclists. Lots of smiles and excuse me’s

If you don’t commute, and don’t road ride (or infrequently), then most stats are pointless except

(1) How many rides you have done (ignore distance)
(2) How much fun have you had

I’ve had a lot of fun and done less than I should have.

Something with decent forks and frame. So if go for an older whyte 900 series, or older Solaris something like that. Thing is if you want any decent second hand bike for that money, you have to go back a while, so an original Solaris which is 135 qr rear and shorter. But would still be great.

Bang for buck I’d just look at eBay within 50 miles until I saw something that took my fancy. So many options at that price you’d be likely to pick up something excellent.

Or buy a new bizango

Heavy, not that long and 142 rear but for the prices they’ve had them at recently a bargain i’d say

Bizango is hard to fault for the price. Whyte is good but as above, not sure it’s worth the extra price.

XL

Same height as you, test rode the XL and it fits fine. Long but loads of standover and the tiny stem makes it feel right.

Large would be too small unless you want to be all poppy and stuff, but as a roadie, you’d get on better with the XL i’d suggest.

Don’t want to spoil the fun, nice new bike and glad you got to use it after a while off but that’s quite bad scuffage and rub for one ride. I’m really surprised. I’d wrap it or so something else it’ll look pretty used pretty quick.

Kryton the dee dar is not 29er or 650b+, is not at all long and is only moderately slack. Probably why its not mentioned!

Merlin has the large reach as 406 on the timberwolf. Think that rules it out under the opening request for “long”. That’s about 80mm shorter than the minimum I’d expect for a long

Thanks whitestone. Will check those out

Wishbone is the best thing!

Can’t agree more with molgrips

The reference to motorbikes is odd, it’s not the same thing at all! Might as well say if you wanna go fast stick yourself on an aeroplane.

A dropper lets you drop your post and enjoy riding Downhills more. It might be faster, it might not. If it makes you more comfortable doing so, then that’s a brilliant thing.

That said my winter beater doesn’t have a dropper as its 27.2 and they are proper expensive. I also bimble in the dark on that bike over winter so no big downs. But droppers are definately worth it.

Insolvency practioner, once appointed will verify what is there’s and what isn’t.

No liquidation reports on gov.uk (Companies House) website.

Aren’t people confusing things here? Wasnt being sold as insolvent, business and stock was up for sale wasnt it? I mean, that is a big warning sign, but it wasnt officially insolvent at that time as far as I can tell (not an insolvency practitioner etc.).

If the person’s bike in for a service has some sort of label system, think that property will be returned to them:

Assets include property, vehicles, machinery, stock and even the fixtures and fittings of the business premises. Only goods owned by your company can be sold as part of this process, so this means any vehicles or machinery you have on hire purchase, or any heavily mortgaged property will be excluded. Instead, any hired or leased goods will be returned to the leasing company, and the mortgage company repaid through the sale of the property. There is often not enough money to go around in which to pay every creditor in full; therefore some unfortunately miss out.

Nothing at companies house. Can you not just claim for non delivery? Liquidation documents might take a while to show up officially.

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07633141/filing-history

A decent functioning website costs. Agree the Brand name is worth nothing

Unless people know what the new owner paid, why do they assume he purchased a lemon? The website was decent, might have a good trade contact book among other assets. Might not have paid much at all either. As said, no need to tar the new with the old.

And anyone thinking the new owner, who purchased assets only, will complete old orders for which they’ve not have the sales proceeds are going to be disappointed. Apart from goodwill, they’d literally be fulfilling orders for nothing.

Debit card claw back might still work so i’d suggest speaking to your bank. Asap.

There’s even a link on the op post showing it’s 31.6!

Take your current seatpost out and see what’s stamped on it. Guessing its 31.6

Wd40

My last eBay sale said collection only for a frame. I priced it at 35 quid because of that. I just wanted the space.

In big bold letters I wrote that under no circumstances was postage offered and it was cash only being I would be physically handing the frame to the buyer. I said don’t ask and that I would not pack or box it up for a courier.

So because of the price I got about 6 questions a day asking for postage.

I’m not too proud to admit that most of the replies asking for postage were met with varying prices from £250-1000 depending on my mood.

First ride for a while to find most of my local patch has been churned up beyond recognition by green lane motorbikes. Pretty gutted. Seriously churned up and now deep ruts, meaning line choices are pretty much zero: in their ruts or above on a massive slope.

Tmass beat me to it!

Freezer plumbers spray into Seat tube from bottle cage mounts on Seat tube if you have them. Then hot water on Seat tube. Then do the twisting thing. It’ll work.

Penetrating oil alone might work too. Wd40 is not penetrating oil before that gets suggested.

Good luck.

Normal Man

For those that have sold a KM and regret it, what is it that you miss the most?

Well for me that bike was simple (single speed), ran faultlessley and the geometry just planted you nicely. Not too stretched, just like a modern old school bike. Or for us oldies, like a modern rigid kona from the 90s.

Also had a tonne of clearance so even 2.5 up front and 2.4 rear, could ride it all winter in slop. It weighed a lot and it didn’t really feel springy but it got up to speed fairly effortlessly and stayed there if you had the skills to ride it out.

I purchased my km from bregante and regret selling it on as well.

I still have some 1cm monkey nuts if anyone wants some. No use to me now.

Same as above. Had an issue and sorted with a salsa flip lock.  Worth every penny